Pressing machine



Dec. 8, 1925. 1,564,193-

W. J. BEAT TIE PRESSING MACHINE Filed Nov. 28, 1923 6 Sheets-Shefl. 1

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Jaiorn ey Patented Dec. 8, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER J. BEATTIE, 0F COHOES, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE BEATTIE MANUFAC- TUBING GDMPANY, OF COHOES, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Application filed November 28, 1923.

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVALTER J. BEATTIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cohoes, in the county of Albany and State 5 of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pressing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of'this Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

This invention relates to machines for pressing various articles of fabric, and it is particularly adapted and intended for pressing blanks in the manufacture of collars and cuffs after portions of the blanks have been inturned and more or less pressed by the ordinary folding or turning maspecification.

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Fig. 1 of the drawings is a View in end elevation of a pressing-machine embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 a similar View illustrating the operation of the machine.

Fig. 3 IS a View in front elevation of the machine.

Fig. t is a top plan view of the same. 7 Fig. 5 is a View in perspective of one of the gages for the chute through which the blanks are passed to the pressing mechanism. Fig. 6 is a view in end elevation of a broken-away upper portion of the machine as shown in Fig. 1, illustrating the means for operating the guard-plates for said chute and for preventing escape of the blanks from between the pressing members. Fig. 7 is a view in end elevation of a broken-away portion of the machine illustrating the mechanism for accurately positioning the blank-delivering mechanism.

Fig. 8 is a vertical cross-section of the machine taken on the broken line 88 in Fi 23, viewed in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 9 is a vertical cross section of the machine partly broken away, taken on the broken line 99 in Fig.

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Serial No. 677,569.

Fig. 10 is a similar view taken on the broken line 10l0 in Fig. 3.

Referring to. the drawings wherein the invention is shown in preferred form, 1 is the frame of the machine upon which is mounted a fixed pressing member, 2, and an oscillatory pressing member, 3, pivotally mounted upon the frame at 4, whereby the pressing member, 3, can be moved toward and from the pressing member, 1., in the manner of alligator-jaws;

Above the pressing members, 2 and 8, is a table, 5, formed with a longitudinal slot, 6, from which slot a chute, 7, leads downward to the space between the pressing members, 2 and 3.

\Vhile my improved pressing machine may be used in any desired location, I prefer to locate it adjacent to a folding machine, not shown, in such position that the same operator can operate both the folding machine and the pressing machine, in which case the operator in removing the last folded blank from the folding machine inserts the blank in the slot, 6,- in the table, 5, instead of immediately stacking or piling up the blanks as they are taken from the folding machine.

In order to prevent the delivery of a blank from the chute, 7, between the press ing members, 2 and 8, until the immediately preceding blank has been delivered from be tween said pressing members, I provide means in the form of a guard-plate, 8, movable to and from a position directly beneath the lower end of said chute, together with means hereinafter described for moving said plate at certain times to and from said chute-closing position.

In order to prevent the blank newly inserted between the pressing members, and 3, from immediately escaping downward through the space between said members, I provide a 'guard in the form of a plate, 9, movable to and from a position directly beneath said space, and means for moving said guard to and from said space-closing position at certain times, which means will be hereinafter described.

The operation of the mechanism thus far described is as follows:

The prime operating mechanism coinprises a solenoid, 10, the core, 11, of which is connected by link, 12, with a lever, 13.

s d c" The solenoid, 10, may be intermittently energized in any known manner either at the will of the operator of the machine, or automatically in synchronism with the operation of a folding machine, not shown.

he guard, 9, and the chute-closing memher, 8, are operated in alternation to closed position, and correspondingly in alternation to open position, so that so long as the guard, 9, is in open position the chuteclosing member, 8, is in closed position.

The chute-closing member, 8, thus acts as a support for a blank inserted within the chute, permitting said blank to become settled in horizontal position before the blank is permitted to escape from the chute into the space between the pressing members, 2 and 3.

The mechanisms are so timed in their operation that a blank thus supported within the chute by the chute-closing member, 8, is not released. until the pressing members, 2 and 3, have been separated for the escape of the last pressed blank, and the guard, 9, has thereafter been returned to closed position. As the blank escapes from the chute, 7, into the space between the pressing mem bers, 2 and 3, its downward movement will be arrested by the guard, 9, in its closed position unless such movement has been previously arrested by the gripping of the blank between the closing pressing members.

In either event the blank is pressed be tween the pressing members, after which the pressing members are again separated and the operation is repeated with successive blanks' The oscillatory pressing members, 3, is pivotally mounted at 4; upon the frame of the machine by means of trunnions, 14, to one of which trunnions the lever, 13, is fixed, whereby oscillating movements can be imparted to the pressing member, 3.

Fixed upon the trunnion, 14, to which the lever, 13, is fixed, is a rocker-arm, 15, which is connected with a link, 16, the lower end of which link is connected with a rockerarm, 17, fixed upon a rock-shaft, 18, which rock-shaft actuates the guard-plate, 9, through the medium of a rocker-arm, 19, connected with one end of the guard-plate, 9, the other end of said guard-plate being connected by means of a similar rocker-arm, 20, with a rock-shaft, 21, mounted in bearings in the frame at the opposite end of the machine.

The upper end of the link, 16, is ivotally connected at 22, with a link, 23, t e upper end of which link is pivotally connected with a rocker-arm, 24, fixed upon a rock shaft, 25, pivotally mounted upon the frame of the machine and connected by rockerar-m, 26, with one end of the chute-closing guard-plate, 8, the other end of said guardQ plate being connected by a similar rockerarm with a similar rock-shaft having a bearing in the frame at the opposite end of the machine.

The connections between the trunnion, 14C, and the respective guard-plates, 8 and 9, are such that the movements of the pressing members and the respective guard-plates are timed as above described.

Movement of the lever, 13, is accomplished in one direct-ion by the action of the solenoid, 10, the return movement being accomplished by means of a coil-spring, 27.

The positioning of the blanks within the chute, 6, is facilitated by means of a pair of guides, 28, adjustably mounted upon the table, 5, each guide having a tongue, 29, inserted within the slot, 6, in said table.

The mechanism thus far described is sufficient for the pressing of the blanks; and the pressed blanks may when released from bet-ween the pressing members, 2 and 3, fall downward upon any suitable support or receptacle.

I prefer however to employ suitable means for receiving the pressed blanks from the pressing mechanism, and piling or stacking them up in an orderly manner, a preferred form of such means being shown in the drawings.

In carrying out this feature of the invention, I provide a table, 30, at a point below and at one side of the pressing members, 2 and 8, which table is provided with guides, 31, adapted to receive between them the pressed blanks in piled-up arrangement.

Below and at opposite sides of the pressing members I mount upon the frame a rotatory-shaft, 32, having at each end a pair of rocker-arms, 33, projecting in diametrically opposite positions from said shaft.

Upon the pair of rocker-arms, 33, projecting in one direction from the rotatory shaft, 32, I mount a rock-shaft, and upon the rocker-arms, 33, projecting in the opposit-e direction I mount a rock-shaft, 35.

From each of the rock-shafts, and 35,

project a plurality of forks, 36, adapted to receive a pre :ed blank which blank is adapted to be carried by rotative movement of the shaft, 32, through a pat-h intersecting the space between the guides, 31, on the table, 30.

Accurate, angular, normal zuljustmont ot the forks, 36, with respect to the shaft, is provided for by means of screw-stops, engageable with rocker-arms, 33. on the r ingly held against the respective stop-screws by means of coil-springs, 39.

The construction and arrangement is such that as the shaft, 3 is rotated the to;

36, are moved through an arc of a circle intersecting the space between the guides, 31, on the table, 30, and upon encountering the table, 30, or the topmost blank piled thereupon, said forks yield through an arcuate path about the axis of their respective rock-shafts, 34, causing the forks to have a wiping motion over the table, 30, or said uppermost blank, until the fork has passer out of contact therewith, whereupon it is returned to its normal position by the coilspring, 39.

The forks, 36, on the rock-shaft, and the forks, 36, on the rockshafts, 35, are supported alternately directly beneath the space between the pressing members, 2 and 3, in position to receive the pressed blank as it falls from said space.

Intermittent rotative movements are imparted to the shaft, 32, by means of a pinion, 40, engageable with a gear, 4:1, actuated by means of a ratchet, 42.

The actuating member, a3, of said ratchet mechanism is connected by a link, at, with a lever 45, pivoted at 46 upon the frame of the machine and connected by a link, 47, with the lever, 13.

In order to provide for accurately 1 cat ing the forks, 36, beneath the space between the pressing members, 2 and 3, I fix upon the shaft, 32, a disk or wheel, %8, provided with two notches, 19, at diametrically opposite points adapted to severally be engaged by a dog, 50, pivotally mounted at 51, upon the frame of the machine and adapted to be yieldingly actuated to looking or engaging position by means of a spring connection, 52, with a projection, 53, from the lever, 13, and to be positively actuated in a releasing direction by engagement of said projection, 53, with a tube, 54, which encloses a rod, 55, connected with the dog, 50, and passing freely through an opening in said projection, 53.

The dog is thus yieldingly actuated to closing or locking position by the spring, 52, but is positively opened after a short interval of lost motion by engagement of the projection, 53, with the tube, 52.

A similar dog, 50, and notched wheel, 113 may be provided at the opposite end of the machine from that above described if desired, said dog being actuated by means of links, 56, rocker-arms, 57, rockshaft, 58, in timed relation to the action of the dog, 50.

The pressing members, 2 and 3, may if desired be heated in any known manner by electric resistance coils, 59.

The mechanisms are so timed that upon the completion of the pressing of a blank between the members, 2 and 3, one set of the forks, 36, is presented upwardly directly beneath the blank occupying the space between the pressing members so that as the pressing members are separated, the guardplate, 9, being withdrawn from closed posi tion, the pressed blank falls downward into said forks, 36.

As the operation of the machine proceeds the blank is then carried by the forks, 36,

' forks are permitted to overlap the table,

30, and any blanks which may be thereupon, and as the operation proceeds the forks are drawn with a wiping motion downward out from between the guides, 31,, leaving the blank upon the table or as the uppermost of a pile of blanks upon the table.

represents a brace and a-link for supporting the pressing inember, 2. The link, 16, may be connected with the rocker-arm, 17. in any known manner.

I have shown the connection made by a coil-spring, 61.

Any known form of prime operating mechanism may be employed in place of the solenoid, 10.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l 1. In a machine of the class described and in combination, a pair of upright pressing members, one movable toward and from the other; means for moving one of said pressing members toward and from the other; a separate blank-supporting guard movable to and from a position beneath the opening between said members when separated; and means for moving said guard to and from blank-supporting position.

2. In a machine of the class described and in combination, a pair of upright pressing members, one movable toward and from the other; a chute leading to the space between said pressing members when separated; and

means for closing at certain times the passageway from said chute to said space between the pressing members.

3. In a machine of the class described and in combination, a pair of upright pressing members, one movable toward and from the other; a chute leading to the space between said pressing members when separated; means for closing at certain times the passageway from said chute to said space between the pressing members; and a blanksupporting guard movable to and from a position beneath the opening between said members when separated.

4. In a machine of the class described and in combination, a pair of upright pressing members, one of said members being pivotally mounted at its lower end with its upper end oscillatory toward and from the other member; means for oscillating said pivotally-mounted member; and a separate blanksupporting guard movable to and from a position beneath the opening between said members when separated.

5. In a machine of the class described and in combination, a pair of upright pressing members, one movable toward and from the other, a separate guard for preventing downward escape of a blank at certain times from between said members when separated; and a blank-delivering member, said guard and said blank-delivering member being movable in alternation with each other to a position beneath the opening between said pressing members when separated.

6. In a machine of the class described and in combination, a pair of upright pressing members; a chute leading to the space between said members when separated; a blank-supporting guard movable across the space between the lower end of said chute and the space between said pressing members when separated; means for bringing together and separating said pressing members; and means for maintaining said guard beneath the bottom opening of said chute to prevent the downward escape of a blank from the chute during the pressing of a blank previously delivered from the chute to the pressing member.

7. In a machine of the class described and in combination, a table; blank-guiding members projecting upwardly from said table; a rotatory member opposite said table; forked blank-carrying members pivotally mounted upon said rotatory member eccentrically thereto; means whereby blanks are delivered to the forked blank-carrying mem bers when upright; and yielding means for moving said blank-carrying members in a path intersecting said table when said rotatory member is rotated.

8. In a machine of the class described and in combination, a table; blank-guiding members projecting from said table; a rotator member opposite said table; forked blankcarrying members pivotally mounted upon said rotatory member eccentrically thereto and opposite intervals between said blankguiding members; means whereby blanks are delivered to the forked blank-carrying members when upright; and yielding means for moving said blank-carrying members in a path intersecting said table when said rotatory member is rotated.

9. In a machine of the class described and in combination, a pair of upright pressing members, one movable toward and from the other; a separate blank-supporting guard movable to and from a position beneath the opening between said pressing members when separated; a blank-supporting table; a blank-delivering member movable from a position beneath the space between said pressing members when separated to said table; and means for moving said blanksupporting guard and said blank-delivering member in alternation with each other to a position beneath the space between said pressing members when separated.

10. In a machine of the class described and in combination, a pair of upright pressing members, one movable toward and from the other; a blank-supporting guard movable to and from a position beneath the opening between said pressing members when separated; a blank-supporting table; a rotatory member opposite said table; a blank-delivering member pivot-ally mounted upon said rotatory member eccentric-ally thereto; yielding means for moving said blank-carrying member through a path intersecting said table and to and from a po sition beneath the space between said pressing members when separated when said rotatory member is rotated a blank-supporting guide movable to and from a position beneath the space between said pressing members when separated; and means for operating said guard and said rotatory member to move the guard and the blank-carrying member in alternation with each other beneath the space between said pressing members when separated.

11. In a machine of the class described and in combination, a table; blank-guiding members projecting upwardly from said table; a rotatory member opposite said table; blank-carrying forks pivotally mounted upon said rotatory member eccentric-ally thereto opposite intervals between said blank-guiding members; means whereby blanks are delivered to the blank-carrying forks when upright; yielding means for moving said blank-carrying forks in a path intersecting said table when said rotatory member is rotated; and spring connections between said forks and said rotatory member whereby said forks are yieldingly supported in position to intersect said table when said rotatory member is rotated.

12. In a machine of the class described and in combination, a pair of pressing members one movable toward and from the other; a chute leading to the space between said members when separated; movable chute-closing means; a blank-supporting guard movable to and from a position be neath the space between said members when separated; means for opening and closing said pressing members; and mechanism for operating said chute-closing means and said blanksupporting guard, to move said blanksupporting guard out of the path of a blank escaping from between the pressing members when separated while the chute-closing means is in closed position.

13. In a machine of the class described and in combination, a pair of upright pressing members one movable toward and from the other; means for moving one of said pressing members toward and from the other; a table at one side of and below said an auton'ia-tically actuated dog for positively pressing members; a rotatory member opholding said forks in blank-receiving posiposite said table; blank-carrying forks piv' tion While a blank is delivered from the 10 otaliy mounted upon said rotatory member; pressing mechanism to said forks.

yielding means for moving said blank-car- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set rying forks in a path intersecting said table my hand this 10th day of December, 1921. when said rotatory member is rotated; and WALTER J. BEATTIE. 

